Re: PostgreSQL Website : advocacy.postgresql.org - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Justin Clift
Subject Re: PostgreSQL Website : advocacy.postgresql.org
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Msg-id 3D9DB1E7.8F1B187E@postgresql.org
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In response to Re: PostgreSQL Website : advocacy.postgresql.org  ("Ian Harding" <ianh@tpchd.org>)
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Ian Harding wrote:
>
> I like it too,  only one thing
>
> s/proprietory/proprietary/

Thanks Ian.  Just fixed that.

:)

Had spellchecked it wrongly.

:-/

Regards and best wishes,

Justin Clift


> Ian
>
> >>> Gerhard Häring <gerhard.haering@gmx.de> 10/01/02 06:52PM >>>
> * Justin Clift <justin@postgresql.org> [2002-10-02 10:34 +1000]:
> > Over the last few weeks we've put together a new "Advocacy and
> > Marketing" website for PostgreSQL:
> >
> > http://advocacy.postgresql.org
>
> Cool :-)
>
> A few remarks:
>
> * [http://advocacy.postgresql.org/advantages/]
>   """
>   ...
>   A point list for some technical features that PostgreSQL offers:
>   ...
>   * Replication (available commercially) allowing the duplication of
>     the database on multiple machines
>   """
>
>   IIRC there is now a replication solution in contrib/ I've never used
>   it though. So you can perhaps cut the "available commercially" There
>   might be other commercial offerings I know nothing about.
>
> * "PostgreSQL : The worlds most advanced Open Source database"
>   This probably isn't entirely true any more, considering the
>   availability of SAP DB. I personally still stick with PostgreSQL,
>   however, as I like it and it seems to have much momentum.
>
> * Allows you to win Bullshit-Bingo in 10 seconds. But that's by design
>   ;-)
>
> * I don't like serif-fonts like "Times New Roman" on web pages. What
>   about using a font declaration like (from my homepage):
>
>   body {  font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
>   background-color: #FFFFEE}
>
>   throughout the site?
>
> -- Gerhard
>
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